Military Attaches

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the  (a) expenditure on and  (b) number of defence attaches was in each year since 2003.

Bob Ainsworth: The expenditure on attaches for each year since 2003 is shown in Table 1. Individual attache costs cannot be disaggregated from the overall budget dating back to 2003 as the associated support costs are given as an overall total for the Defence attache budget. These additional costs include support staff, travel and subsistence, medical and dental costs and provision for the cost of living allowance for each country.
	The number of attaches for each year since 2003 is shown in Table 2.
	
		
			  Table 1 
			  £ million 
			 2003-04 30.040 
			 2004-05 30.791 
			 2005-06 31.030 
			 2006-07 29.373 
			 2007-08 29.707 
			  Notes: 1. The Defence Section in Afghanistan opened in November 2007. There are no costs available from that date as the Defence Section is funded through operational funds which cannot be disaggregated from the overall budget. 2. These costs include estimated costs for personnel funded by the single service funds which cannot be disaggregated from their overall budgets. 3. Final costs for financial year 2008-09 will not be available until after 31 March 2009. 4. All the costs in the table exclude pre-post preparation training costs that fall to the single service budgets; these are assessed to be in the order of £8.7 million at FY 2007-08 prices. 5. All the costs in the table are at their respective financial year prices. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2 
			  Country  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09( 1) 
			 Afghanistan(2) 0 0 0 0 1 1 
			 Albania 1 1 1 1 1 0 
			 Algeria3 0 0 1 1 1 1 
			 Angola 1 1 1 0 0 0 
			 Argentina 2 2 2 2 2 1 
			 Australia 2 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Austria(3) 1 1 1 1 1 3 
			 Bahrain 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Bangladesh 0 0 0 1 1 1 
			 Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Barbados(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 1 1 1 1 
			 Brazil(3) 2 2 1 1 1 1 
			 Brunei(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Bulgaria 2 2 2 2 1 1 
			 Canada 2 2 1 2 2 2 
			 Chile(3) 1 1 2 1 1 1 
			 China(3) 2 2 1 3 3 3 
			 Colombia(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Congo, Democratic Republic of(3) 1 1 3 1 1 1 
			 Croatia 1 1 1 1 1 0 
			 Cyprus 2 1 4 1 1 1 
			 Czech Republic 1 2 1 1 1 1 
			 Denmark 2 1 2 1 1 1 
			 Egypt 1 2 1 2 2 1 
			 Ethiopia(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Finland(3) 3 1 2 1 1 1 
			 France 1 3 1 3 3 2 
			 Georgia(3) 4 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Germany(2) 1 4 3 3 3 3 
			 Ghana(3) 2 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Greece 1 2 2 2 2 1 
			 Guatemala 2 1 1 1 1 0 
			 Hungary 2 1 1 1 1 0 
			 India(5) 1 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Indonesia(3) 0 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Iraq 0 0 1 1 1 1 
			 Ireland 1 1 1 1 0 0 
			 Israel 2 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Italy(3) 3 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Jamaica(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Japan 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Jordan 2 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Kazakhstan(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Kenya(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Korea 2 2 2 2 2 1 
			 Kuwait 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Latvia 1 1 1 0 0 0 
			 Lebanon 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Lithuania 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Macedonia 1 1 1 1 1 0 
			 Malaysia(3) 2 2 2 2 1 1 
			 Morocco(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Nepal(2) 1 1 2 2 2 2 
			 Netherlands(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 New Zealand(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Nigeria 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Norway 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Oman 2 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Pakistan(6) 2 2 2 2 2 3 
			 Philippines 1 1 1 1 0 0 
			 Poland 2 2 2 2 2 1 
			 Portugal(4) 1 1 1 1 1 0 
			 Qatar 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Romania(3) 2 2 2 2 1 1 
			 Russia(3) 6 6 6 6 6 5 
			 Saudi Arabia 3 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Serbia3 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Sierra Leone(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Singapore 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Slovakia 2 2 2 2 1 0 
			 Slovenia 1 1 0 0 0 0 
			 South Africa(3) 2 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Spain 2 2 2 2 2 1 
			 Sri Lanka 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Sudan 0 0 0 1 1 1 
			 Sweden 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Switzerland 1 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Syria 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Thailand 1 1 1 1 1 0 
			 Turkey 2 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Uganda(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Ukraine 2 2 2 2 2 1 
			 United Arab Emirates 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 United States of America 8 8 8 8 8 8 
			 UK Mission to UN New York 2 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Uzbekistan 1 1 1 0 0 0 
			 Venezuela 1 1 1 0 0 0 
			 Yemen 0 0 0 1 1 1 
			 Zimbabwe(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Totals 129 125 127 124 119 105 
			  Notes: 1. Correct figures as at 7 November 2008 2 Attaches that are funded by operational funds or the Single Services. 3 These attaches have non-residential accreditation responsibilities in other countries. 4 These countries attachés are resident in London  5 Two Senior advisers (the Defence and Military Adviser and the Naval and Air Adviser) are supported by an Assistant Defence Adviser 6 Two Senior advisors (the Defence and Military Adviser and the Naval and Air Adviser) are supported by an Assistant Defence Adviser. An additional adviser is now at post in the role of Assistant Military Adviser.